diff --git a/examples/with-ava/package.json b/examples/with-ava/package.json
index e05b6c01f1..f8925f9997 100755
--- a/examples/with-ava/package.json
+++ b/examples/with-ava/package.json
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     "dev": "nuxt",
     "build": "nuxt build",
     "start": "nuxt start",
-    "test": "ava"
+    "test": "ava --serial --verbose"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ava": "^0.16.0",
-    "jsdom": "^9.8.3"
+    "ava": "^0.19.1",
+    "jsdom": "^11.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "nuxt": "^0.9.5"
+    "nuxt": "^1.0.0-alpha2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/with-ava/test/index.test.js b/examples/with-ava/test/index.test.js
index 21c25e9320..e5249406f1 100755
--- a/examples/with-ava/test/index.test.js
+++ b/examples/with-ava/test/index.test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test.before('Init Nuxt.js', async t => {
   try { config = require(resolve(rootDir, 'nuxt.config.js')) } catch (e) {}
   config.rootDir = rootDir // project folder
   config.dev = false // production build
-  nuxt = new Nuxt(config)
+  nuxt = await new Nuxt(config)
   await nuxt.build()
   server = new nuxt.Server(nuxt)
   server.listen(4000, 'localhost')
diff --git a/lib/app/client.js b/lib/app/client.js
index 0b47a07cdf..5b92f79b8c 100644
--- a/lib/app/client.js
+++ b/lib/app/client.js
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ function nuxtReady (app) {
       cb(app)
     }
   })
+  // Special JSDOM
+  if (typeof window._onNuxtLoaded === 'function') {
+    window._onNuxtLoaded(app)
+  }
   // Add router hooks
   router.afterEach(function (to, from) {
     app.$nuxt.$emit('routeChanged', to, from)
diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index 2365af27d4..92b4cf789e 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -138,12 +138,11 @@ export async function renderRoute (url, context = {}) {
 
 // Function used to do dom checking via jsdom
 let jsdom = null
-export function renderAndGetWindow (url, opts = {}) {
+export async function renderAndGetWindow (url, opts = {}) {
   /* istanbul ignore if */
   if (!jsdom) {
     try {
-      // https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom/blob/master/lib/old-api.md
-      jsdom = require('jsdom/lib/old-api')
+      jsdom = require('jsdom')
     } catch (e) {
       console.error('Fail when calling nuxt.renderAndGetWindow(url)') // eslint-disable-line no-console
       console.error('jsdom module is not installed') // eslint-disable-line no-console
@@ -151,35 +150,29 @@ export function renderAndGetWindow (url, opts = {}) {
       process.exit(1)
     }
   }
-  let virtualConsole = jsdom.createVirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
-  // let virtualConsole = new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
-  if (opts.virtualConsole === false) {
-    virtualConsole = undefined
+  let options = {
+    resources: 'usable', // load subresources (https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom#loading-subresources)
+    runScripts: 'dangerously',
+    beforeParse(window) {
+      // Mock window.scrollTo
+      window.scrollTo = () => {}
+    }
+  }
+  if (opts.virtualConsole !== false) {
+    options.virtualConsole = new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
   }
   url = url || 'http://localhost:3000'
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    jsdom.env({
-      url: url,
-      features: {
-        FetchExternalResources: ['script', 'link'],
-        ProcessExternalResources: ['script']
-      },
-      virtualConsole,
-      done (err, window) {
-        if (err) return reject(err)
-        // Mock window.scrollTo
-        window.scrollTo = function () {}
-        // If Nuxt could not be loaded (error from the server-side)
-        if (!window.__NUXT__) {
-          let error = new Error('Could not load the nuxt app')
-          error.body = window.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML
-          return reject(error)
-        }
-        // Used by nuxt.js to say when the components are loaded and the app ready
-        window.onNuxtReady(() => {
-          resolve(window)
-        })
-      }
-    })
+  const { window } = await jsdom.JSDOM.fromURL(url, options)
+  // If Nuxt could not be loaded (error from the server-side)
+  if (!window.__NUXT__) {
+    let error = new Error('Could not load the nuxt app')
+    error.body = window.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML
+    throw error
+  }
+  // Used by nuxt.js to say when the components are loaded and the app ready
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    window._onNuxtLoaded = () => resolve(window)
   })
+  // Send back window object
+  return window
 }